inaccessible accessibility
Ok, so I was a bit OTT with my post last night, sorry. But the fact remains The US has been debateing this for years...and years....hence the 508 regulation which attempts to set the standard on all US government sites.
The loopholes in the accessibility laws are firmly plugged by the human rights act this has already been tested in courts in the US and Australia and won cases. The 2000 olympics website paid 20,000 dollars (AUS) to a blind man for ruining his whole Olympic experience, even the paraolympic site was in accessible. The US Blind association (NFB?) won against a major internet player. In both these cases Corporate America responded by "paying off" "employing" or "sponsoring" the protagonists thus removing them from the argument. Indiviuals did well out of it. The blind of the world didn't.
If Google makes accessibility an issue then the WWW will shudder, scream and complain bitterly but have to comply. But can you make Flash accessible?? Don't know been out of touch for too long on my Greek mountain but an interesting question
A few years ago GAP made the decision not to be accessible, it was not cost effective for them and not their market place, you can argue the ethics of this but I admire their honesty!
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Astro
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